''From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....'' (fully titled: ''From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... to the Hell-holes of Uranus'') is the second album by

Landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes th ...

which was released in 1981. The album contains the band's only UK chart hits: "Einstein a Go-Go" which reached No. 5 in April 1981 and "Norman Bates" which reached No. 40 in June of the same year. The album was reissued in 1992 on the Mau Mau Records label. This CD also includes Landscape's first album, ''

''. The album was reissued again in 2002 on the

Cherry Red Records Cherry Red Records is a British independent record label founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in 1978. The label has released recordings by Dead Kennedys, Everything but the Girl, The Monochrome Set, and Felt, among others, as w ...

label.

Track listing

LP: RCA LP AFL1-5003

1992 Mau Mau Records CD: MAU CD 618

2002 Cherry Red Records CD: CDMRED 209

* Tracks 11-12 from the album '' Manhattan Boogie-Woogie'' (1982) produced by

* Tracks 13-14 extended versions of singles released as 'Landscape III' (1983) produced by

Richard James Burgess Richard James Burgess (born 29 June 1949) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, author, manager, marketer and inventor. Burgess's music career spans more than 50 years. He came to prominence in the early 1980s a ...

, John Walters and Andy Pask

Personnel

;Landscape *

- vocals, computer programming, electronic drums and percussion, synthesizers and drums. Roland MC8 microcomposer, System 100 modular synths, SDS-V electronic drums, Pearl drums, claptrap, Burgess amplified percussion *Christopher Heaton - keyboards and vocals. Yamaha CS80 polyphonic synthesizer, grand piano,

Fender Rhodes piano The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes (inventor), Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, b ...

with ring modulator and effects, Casiotone 201 digital keyboard,

Minimoog The Minimoog is an analog synthesizer first manufactured by Moog Music between 1970 and 1981. Designed as a more affordable, portable version of the modular Moog synthesizer, it was the first synthesizer sold in retail stores. It was first popul ...

, Roland vocoders, Roland Chorus Echo *

Andy Pask Andrew Howard Pask (born 30 August 1955) is an English musician who was a member of the band Landscape. He co-wrote the theme to the TV show ''The Bill''. Early years Andy Pask was a pupil at Haileybury College in Hertfordshire, where he play ...

- bass guitar, bass synthesizers and vocals. Giffin fretted and fretless basses, Yamaha CS80, Roland ProMars synthesizer *

Peter Thoms Peter Thoms is an English musician and composer best known for playing keyboards and trombone for the synthpop band Landscape. Biography Landscape was formed in 1974 with Richard James Burgess (vocals, drums), Christopher Heaton (keyboards), A ...

- electronic trombone, trombone and vocals. King 3B Trombone, Barcus Berry tranducer and graphic pre-amp, Roland pitch/voltage synthesizer and Chorus Echo, MXR Blue Box * John Walters - computer programming, wind synthesizers and Vocals. Computone wind synthesizer driver and Lyricon 1, Roland MC8, ProMars and System 100 synthesizers and vocoder, Selmer MKVI soprano saxophone

Production

*Producer:

*"European Man" produced by

Colin Thurston Colin Thurston (b. 1947 – 15 January 2007) was an English recording engineer and record producer, known for his work with David Bowie, Duran Duran and The Human League. Early life Born in Singapore in 1947, Thurston was a guitarist in se ...

and Landscape *Engineered by: John Etchells at JAM
John Hudson and Brian Tench at Mayfair Sound

Hugh Padgham Hugh Charles Padgham (born 15 February 1955) is an English record producer and audio engineer. He has won four Grammy Awards, for Producer of the Year and Album of the Year for 1985, Record of the Year for 1990, and Engineer of the Year for 199 ...

at the Town House
Andy Jackson, Peter Walsh, Rafe McKenna and Peter Smith at Utopia
Steve Rance and Graeme Jackson at Nova Suite
Rik Walton at Workhouse
Dave Hunt at Berry Street
David Baker at Odyssey
Colin Thurston at Red Bus
Landscape at Southern Studios

References

{{Authority control 1981 albums Landscape (band) albums Albums produced by Colin Thurston Albums produced by Richard James Burgess RCA Records albums